| Item | Information |
| Operating Systems | Windows 7+; Mac OS X 10.15 or earlier |
| Institutional Computers Eligibility | Faculty and staff who previously obtained Scientific Workplace may install on institution-owned computers |
| Institutional Computers Fee | None |
| Personal Computers Eligibility | Students who previously obtained Scientific Workplace may install on personal computers |
| Personal Computers Fee | None |
| Work at Home Rights | Faculty and staff who previously obtained Scientific Workplace may install on personally owned computers |
| How to locate your license file | Refer to Locating your license file instructions below |
No new licenses for Scientific Workplace can be obtained, however previously existing users can continue to use the software by following the instructions below.
All owners of Scientific WorkPlace should have a serial number that was included in their license. This number is also included in the license file for your installation as the last line in the file. If you need to install your software on a new or different computer, you will need to re-activate the software on that computer using that serial number. The software can be activated as before, using the Help/Activate menu item. This contacts the MacKichan Software licensing server. Once this process has been completed, you will receive an email from a member of the Princeton Software Center containing your license file.
Scientific Workplace .lic File Location
In all the examples below, 'SWP' may be 'SW' or 'SNB', depending on which product you have installed.
username is the user's login name. xxxxxxxx is a randomly-generated string; e.g. kpa4ymkx.
On the Mac, license.lic is saved in username's profile directory
~/Library/Application Support/SWP/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/
On Windows, the profile directory can be different for different versions of Windows and can be different for local vs. network login. The profile directory can typically be located by using the path:
%appdata%\SWP\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
Placing the license.lic in the xxxxxxxx.default folder will license the program only for username.
If multiple usernames want to use the program on a single computer, place license.lic in the directory containing the SWP executable.
On Windows, this is usually:
(For 32-bit Windows)
C:\Program Files\MacKichan\SWP\
or
(For 64-bit Windows)
C:\Program Files (x86)\MacKichan\SWP\
On Mac:
/Applications/MacKichan/SWP.app/Content/Resources.
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